Two-liquid-type, double-row structured trochoid pump for transferring high-viscosity liquids under high pressure

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a two-liquid-type, double-row structured trochoid pump for transferring high-viscosity liquids under high pressure. A front body, a first housing, a center body, a second housing, and a rear body are successively coupled to form an outer body, and a first idler is coupled to an inside of the first housing. A first rotor is inserted into the first idler, a second idler is coupled to an inside of the second housing, and a second rotor is inserted into the second idler. A shaft is coupled to penetrate the front body, the first housing, the center body, the second housing, the rear body, and the first and second rotors, and the shaft is connected to an external electric motor. Accordingly, transfer equipment can be reduced in size and weight through reduction of an attachment and a controller, which constitute the transfer equipment, into one device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This Application is a Section 371 National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/KR2014/008200, filed Sep. 2, 2014, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a trochoid pump, and more particularly, to an integrated trochoid pump, which can operate two rotors and thus can substitute for two existing trochoid pumps that are equipped in parallel to transfer two different kinds of high-viscosity liquids under high pressure.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In general, a trochoid pump is a representative displacement pump in which the flow rate is in proportion to the rotating speed of a motor.

The trochoid pump is composed of a rotor connected to a driving shaft of a motor to transfer a rotating force, and an idler coupled to the rotor to be rotated by driving of the rotor. In the trochoid pump, the rotor and the idler are eccentrically provided with a predetermined gap between them to move liquids

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0964517 discloses “oil pump rotor”. This patent relates to an oil pump having a trochoid screw thread, which is provided with an inner rotor having an outer screw thread formed thereon and an outer rotor having an inner screw thread formed thereon to be engaged with the outer screw thread of the inner rotor.

On the other hand, in the case of transferring high-viscosity liquids having two different properties, it is required to use two trochoid pumps in the related art that are mounted in parallel, and thus duplicate controllers and attachments are also required to be installed. Accordingly, the size of the device is increased, and a separate large installation space is required. Actually, due to the increase of a pipeline loss that is caused by a long length of a gun for discharging the high-viscosity liquids, a large-capacity motor or a primary pump for transferring the high-viscosity liquids is required, and thus nonproductive management factors are increased to cause unnecessary or unreasonable points to remain.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the aforementioned problems occurring in the related art, and one subject to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a trochoid pump, which can substitute for two existing trochoid pumps in transferring two different kinds of high-viscosity liquids, and thus can unify attachments required for liquid transfer and duplicate controllers, can minimize an installation space through miniaturization and light weight of the pump, and can be directly mounted on robot arms or the like at industry sites.

TECHNICAL SOLUTION

To achieve the above and other subjects, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a trochoid pump, which includes a front body having a first discharge port formed on an outer surface thereof, a first discharge flow path formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the first discharge port, a first through-hole formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on a circumference of the first through-hole; a first housing coupled to the front body and having both open ends and a path formed in the center thereof; a first idler rotatably inserted into the path of the first housing and having a gear groove formed on an inside thereof; a first rotor inserted into the gear groove of the first idler with a diameter that is smaller than the gear groove, and having a plurality of gears formed on an outer periphery thereof; a center body coupled to the first housing through one side thereof and having a second through-hole formed in the center thereof to coincide with the first through-hole; a second housing coupled to the other side of the center body and having both open ends and a path formed in the center thereof; a second idler rotatably inserted into the path of the second housing and having a gear groove formed on an inside thereof; a second rotor inserted into the gear groove of the second idler with a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the gear groove, and having a plurality of gears formed on an outer periphery thereof; a rear body having a second discharge port formed on an outer surface thereof, a second discharge flow path formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the second discharge port, a second through-hole formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on a circumference of the second through-hole; and a shaft coupled to the first through-hole of the front body, the first rotor, and the second rotor, and coupled to the second through-hole of the rear body after penetrating the first idler and the second idler to be rotated by a rotating force that is transferred from an external motor.

Preferably, on the front body, two of the first discharge flow path and the first discharge port are symmetrically formed on both sides of the first through-hole, a first bypass line for connecting two of the first discharge flow paths that are symmetrically formed is formed, and a bypass valve or a return valve is formed on the first bypass line.

Preferably, on the rear body, two of the second discharge flow path and the second discharge port are symmetrically formed on both sides of the second through-hole, a second bypass line for connecting two of the second discharge flow paths that are symmetrically formed is formed, and a bypass valve or a return valve is formed on the second bypass line.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECT

According to the present invention, since one trochoid pump can substitute for two existing gear pumps or two existing trochoid pumps in transferring two different kinds of high-viscosity liquids, the attachment and the controller of the transfer equipment can be unified into one device, and thus the transfer equipment can be miniaturized and light-weighted.

Accordingly, the installation area can be minimized without the necessity of providing a separate wide installation area as in the related art. Further, since the trochoid pump according to the present invention can be directly mounted on robot arms or the like, unnecessary management and control factors can be greatly reduced, and thus the efficiency of the whole transfer equipment can be heightened and the cost can be greatly saved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above subjects, other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating high-viscosity liquid transfer equipment to which a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied; and

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating high-viscosity liquid transfer equipment in which a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention is directly mounted on a robot arm.

EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS FOR MAIN PARTS IN THE DRAWINGS

10: first idler

12, 22: gear groove

20: second idler

30: first rotor

32: gear

40: second rotor

100: front body

101: first discharge port

103: second charging port

105: first charging flow path

200: first housing

201: path

300: center body

400: second housing

500: rear body

503: second charging port

505: second charging flow path

510: second discharge port

520: second discharge flow path

530: second through-hole

600: shaft

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view illustrating high-viscosity liquid transfer equipment to which a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 4 is a view illustrating high-viscosity liquid transfer equipment in which a trochoid pump according to an embodiment of the present invention is directly mounted on a robot arm.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a trochoid pump A according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a front body 100, a first housing 200, a center body 300, a second housing 400, and a rear body 500, which are successively coupled and penetratingly fastened by a long bolt (not illustrated) to form an outer body.

A first idler 10 is coupled to an inside of the first housing 200, and a first rotor 30 is inserted into an inside of the first idler 10.

A second idler 20 is coupled to an inside of the second housing 400, and a second rotor 40 is inserted into an inside of the second idler 20.

A shaft 600 is penetratingly coupled to the front body 100, the first housing 200, the center body 300, the second housing 400, the rear body 500, the first rotor 30, and the second rotor 40.

An external motor (not illustrated) is connected to the shaft 600.

The front body 100 is in the shape of a circular plate, and includes a first discharge port 101 formed on an outer surface thereof, a first discharge flow path 102 formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the first discharge port 101, a first through-hole 104 formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on a circumference of the first through-hole 104.

The first housing 200 is in the shape of a circular plate having the same diameter as the diameter of the front body 100, and is coupled to the front body 100. The first housing 200 has both open ends and a path 201 formed in the center thereto.

The first idler 10 is inserted into and coupled to the path 201 of the first housing 200 to be rotatable with a fine gap between the first idler 10 and the path 201. The first idler 10 may be rotated along the inner periphery of the path 201 of the first housing 200, and a gear groove 12, which includes a plurality of gears 122 that project to form a star shape, is formed on an inside of the first idler 10.

The first rotor 30 is inserted into the gear groove 12 of the first idler 10, and has a plurality of gears 32 formed on an outer periphery thereof. The first rotor 30 has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the gear groove 12 so that the first rotor 30 comes in contact with the inside of the gear groove 12, and the plurality of gears 32 project to form a star shape.

Here, the number of the gear grooves 12 of the first idler 10 is larger than the number of gears of the first rotor 30 by 1, and the gears 32 of the first rotor 30 that come in contact with the inside of the gear grooves 12 are engaged with the gears 122 of the gear grooves 12 of the first idler 10 while pushing and rotating the gears 122 of the gear grooves 12.

Accordingly, the volume between the gears 32 and the gears 122 is changed to repeat charging and discharging of the transferred liquids.

As an example, the number of gears of the first idler 10 is 9, and the number of gears of the first rotor 30 having inner threads is 8.

Of course, the number of gears may be diversely changed.

Since the coupling and operation of the second rotor 40 and the second idler 20 are the same as those of the first rotor and the first idler, the duplicate explanation thereof will be omitted.

The center body 300 is in the shape of a circular plate having the same diameter as the diameter of the first housing 200. The center body 300 is coupled to the first housing 200 through one side thereof, and has a second through-hole 530 formed in the center thereof to coincide with the first through-hole 104.

The second housing 400 is in the shape of a circular plate that is coupled to the other side of the center body 300, and has both open ends and a path 401 formed in the center thereof.

The second idler 20 is rotatably inserted into the path 401 of the second housing 400, and has a gear groove 22 formed on an inside thereof.

The second rotor 40 is inserted into the gear groove 22 of the second idler 20, and has a plurality of gears 42 formed on an outer periphery thereof. The second rotor 40 has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the gear groove 22.

It is preferable that the number of gears 42 of the second rotor 40 that comes in contact with the inside of the gear grooves 22 of the second idler 20 is different from the number of the gears of the first idler 10 or the first rotor 30 by the same number.

The rear body 500 has a second discharge port 510 formed on an outer surface thereof, a second discharge flow path 520 formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the second discharge port 510, a second through-hole 530 formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on the circumference of the second through-hole 530.

The shaft 600 is coupled to the first through-hole 104 of the front body 100, the first rotor 30, and the second rotor 40, and is also coupled to the second through-hole 530 of the rear body 500 after penetrating the first idler 10 and the second idler 20 to be rotated by a rotating force that is transferred from an external motor.

On the other hand, on the front body 100, the first charging port 103 and the first discharge port 101 are symmetrically formed on both sides of the first through-hole 104, and the first charging flow path 105 is formed to communicate with the first charging port 103 and the gear groove 12 of the first idler 10. Further, the first discharge flow path 102 is formed to communicate with the first discharge port 101.

A first bypass line BL-1 is formed to communicate with the first discharge flow path 102 and the first charging flow path 105 to make an excessive discharge amount withdrawn to the first charging flow path 105, and a bypass valve V or a return valve is formed on the first bypass line BL-1.

Accordingly, an excessive amount of high-viscosity liquids is withdrawn to the first bypass line BL-1 as the bypass valve V or the return valve is opened in the first discharge flow path 102, and thus the liquids re-circulate to the first charging flow path 105 on the other side.

On the rear body, the second discharge port 503 and the second discharge port 510 are symmetrically formed on both sides of the second through-hole 530, and the second charging flow path 505 is formed to communicate with the gear groove 22 of the second idler 20 through the second charging port 503. Further, the second discharge flow path 520 is formed to communicate with the second discharge port 510.

A second bypass line BL-2 is formed to communicate with the second discharge flow path 520 and the second charging flow path 505 to make an excessive discharge amount withdrawn to the second charging flow path 505, and a bypass valve V or a return valve is formed on the second bypass line BL-2.

Accordingly, an excessive amount of high-viscosity liquids is withdrawn to the second bypass line BL-2 as the bypass valve V or the return valve is opened in the second discharge flow path 520, and thus the liquids re-circulate to the second charging flow path 505 on the other side.

The operation of the trochoid pump as constructed above will now be described.

If the shaft 600 is rotated by the rotating force that is transferred from the external motor, the first rotor 30 and the second rotor 40 are rotated, and thus the first idler 10 and the second idler 20 that are gear-engaged with the first rotor and the second rotor are also rotated.

Accordingly, the gear teeth of the rotor and the gear teeth of the idlers 10 and 20 rotatably engaged with each other while the gear teeth push and rotate the gear teeth of the idlers 10 and 20. In this case, the volume between the engaged gear teeth is changed to repeat charging and discharging of the transferred liquids.

The high-viscosity liquids A which flow in from the first charging flow path 105 and the first charging port 130 and are pressed by the first rotor 30 are discharged through the first discharge flow path 102 and the first discharge port 101.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the two-liquid type trochoid pump A according to the present invention is connected to a speed reducer R and a servo motor S, and the high-viscosity liquids A are supplied from a primary pump device P-1.

The high-viscosity liquids A which flow in from the second charging flow path 505 and the second charging port 503 and are pressed by the second rotor 40 are discharged through the second discharge flow path 520 and the second discharge port 510.

The high-viscosity liquids B is supplied from a secondary pump device P-2.

In addition, the excessive amount of high-viscosity liquids that is discharged in the trochoid pump A is withdrawn through the first bypass line BL-1 or the second bypass line BL-2 to re-circulate.

Accordingly, the two kinds of high-viscosity liquids can be simultaneously supplied under high pressure through the two-liquid type trochoid pump A, and thus it becomes possible to discharge the two kinds of high-viscosity liquids through a discharge gun G.

On the other hand, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the two-liquid type trochoid pump A according to the present invention may be mounted on a robot arm R, and liquid A and liquid B, which are high-viscosity liquids, are supplied from the primary pump P-1. In this case, since the high-viscosity liquids are directly transferred to the discharge gun G through a pump of the robot arm R, waste of the installation space can be prevented, a pressure loss on the pipeline can be reduced, and the capacity of the motor can be reduced for optimization.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment in the attached figures, it is to be understood that various equivalent modifications and variations of the embodiments can be made by a person having an ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as recited in the claims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the trochoid pump according to the present invention, since one trochoid pump can substitute for two existing gear pumps or two existing trochoid pumps in transferring two different kinds of high-viscosity liquids, the attachment and the controller of the transfer equipment can be unified into one device, and thus the transfer equipment can be miniaturized and light-weighted. Further, the installation area can be minimized without the necessity of providing a separate wide installation area. Further, since the trochoid pump according to the present invention can be directly mounted on robot arms or the like, unnecessary management and control factors can be greatly reduced, and thus the efficiency of the whole transfer equipment can be heightened and the cost can be greatly saved. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A trochoid pump comprising: a front body having a first discharge port formed on an outer surface thereof, a first discharge flow path formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the first discharge port, a first through-hole formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on a circumference of the first through-hole; a first housing coupled to the front body and having both open ends and a path formed in the center thereof; a first idler rotatably inserted into the path of the first housing and having a gear groove formed on an inside thereof; a first rotor inserted into the gear groove of the first idler with a diameter that is smaller than the gear groove, and having a plurality of gears formed on an outer periphery thereof; a center body coupled to the first housing through one side thereof and having a second through-hole formed in the center thereof to coincide with the first through-hole; a second housing coupled to the other side of the center body and having both open ends and a path formed in the center thereof; a second idler rotatably inserted into the path of the second housing and having a gear groove formed on an inside thereof; a second rotor inserted into the gear groove of the second idler with a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the gear groove, and having a plurality of gears formed on an outer periphery thereof; a rear body having a second discharge port formed on an outer surface thereof, a second discharge flow path formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the second discharge port, a second through-hole formed in the center thereof, and a plurality of fastening holes formed on a circumference of the second through-hole; and a shaft coupled to the first through-hole of the front body, the first rotor, and the second rotor, and coupled to the second through-hole of the rear body after penetrating the first idler and the second idler to be rotated by a rotating force that is transferred from an external motor.
 2. The trochoid pump according to claim 1, wherein on the front body, two of the first discharge flow path and the first discharge port are symmetrically formed on both sides of the first through-hole, a first bypass line for connecting two of the first discharge flow paths that are symmetrically formed is formed, and a bypass valve or a return valve is formed on the first bypass line.
 3. The trochoid pump according to claim 1, wherein on the rear body, two of the second discharge flow path and the second discharge port are symmetrically formed on both sides of the second through-hole, a second bypass line for connecting two of the second discharge flow paths that are symmetrically formed is formed, and a bypass valve or a return valve is formed on the second bypass line. 